City Colleges of Chicago

Videos That Sparked City Colleges Ethics Investigation Released

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago


The Daily News now knows what was in some of the videos WYCC produced over the last few years - videos that sparked a state ethics investigation and a...

City Colleges Chief Had School PBS Station Produce Free Political Videos For Clouted Friends

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago


Under orders from then-Chancellor Wayne Watson, the PBS television station at City Colleges of Chicago used its budget to produce free videos of power...

City Colleges Student Loan Debit Card Program Illegal: Feds

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago


The City Colleges must scrap its fee-laden debit card program for student loans because the fees are illegal, the U.S. Department of Education said in...

City Colleges Job Training Money Spent On iPods, Cell Phones

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 05.09.2009 | Chicago


The City Colleges of Chicago misspent $8,800 in grant funds earmarked for job training programs on things like iPods, a cell phone bill and other inel...

Daley's Office Pressured City Colleges To Hire Hispanic Woman Over Black Candidate: Lawsuit

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 05.04.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Richard M. Daley's office pressured the chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago to hire a Hispanic woman for an open position over a qualifie...

Tuition Rising At City Colleges

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago


City Colleges students can expect to pay 10 percent more on their tuition bills starting this summer. The increase is the first in two years, and tui...

Daley College To Launch Urban Agriculture Course

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


A new urban agriculture program in the works at Daley College's West Side Technical Institute could put the City Colleges of Chicago on the leading ed...

City Colleges Leave Public In The Dark

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


Once a month, the City Colleges of Chicago trustees hold a public meeting to approve new hires, shift money from one account to another and okay thou...